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Originally Posted by Mr Coucou
The dominance of English in popular music is due to the fact that English has a technical advantage over other languages.
English, due to its extended vocabulary and its less strict grammar rules, is more "flexible"--- English can support a larger number of catchy melodies.
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It’s difficult for me to compare languages but I think it is nothing special about the English language, isn’t it more the cultural dominance and influence of the USA? From what I’ve seen in French, writers are just as able to take artistic liberties and bend grammar rules to create the desired effect, and I’d say the same is probably true for most languages (though I’m no linguist). American media just happens to be the most influential around the world.